Colorado § 35-14-132 - Criminal penalties.
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§ 35-14-132. Criminal penalties.
(1) Any person who willfully makes, installs, sells or offers to sell, or uses or allows to be used on the person's weights or measures a counterfeit seal, or seal of the commissioner without proper authority, commits a civil infraction and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.
(2) The commissioner shall inform the district attorney of the proper district of any criminal violation of this article. It is the duty of each district attorney to whom the commissioner presents satisfactory evidence of any violation of this article to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in a court of competent jurisdiction. If the district attorney fails to so act within a reasonable time, the commissioner may notify and be represented by the attorney general.
(3) All criminal fines imposed and collected for violations of the provisions of this article shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the people of the county in which the offense was committed.
Source: L. 83: Entire article R&RE, p. 1357, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1548, § 308, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3277, § 620, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2025: (1) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 110, § 62, effective August 6.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 35-14-132 as it existed prior to 1983.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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